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“It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation.”

One Thing Possibility Statistics Refutation

Book:The City and the Stars

Source: The City and the Stars

“All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea has the temerity to seek admittance. Their contribution to science is accordingly very small.”

Knows Mind Wells Mean Ideas Science Scientist Contribution New Ideas Colleagues Refutation Admittance

Author:Peter Medawar

“Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called nominalist, an instrumentalist, a positivist, a realist, and several other ists. The technique seems refutation by denigration: If you can attach a label to my approach, you don't have to say what is wrong with it... I am sure that Einstein, Heisenberg and Dirac didn't worry about whether they were realists or instrumentalists.”

Ifs Kind Has Beens Seems Science Bits Worry Approach Philosopher Technique Labels Harsh Realist Refutation Instrumentalists

Author:Stephen Hawking

“Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.”

Book Reading Clever Nine Nonsense Refutation

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“Books are the curse of the human race.”

Humans Book Race Curse Human Race Refutation

Book:Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

“There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.”

Doe Ideas Opposites No Idea Refutation

Book:Remembrance of Things Past

Source: Remembrance of Things Past

“Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works - but our lives refute our faith.”

Believe Reality Today Church Accepting Practice Grace Our Lives Theory Fundamentals Structure Deny Church Today Refutation

Book:The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out